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Ultrasound-Derived Abdominal Muscle Thickness Better Detects Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Obese Patients than Skeletal Muscle Index Measured by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

Sarcopenia has never been diagnosed based on site-specific muscle loss, and little is known about the relationship between site-specific muscle loss and metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors. To this end, this cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between site-specific muscle...

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Autores principales: Ido, Ayumi, Nakayama, Yuki, Ishii, Kojiro, Iemitsu, Motoyuki, Sato, Koji, Fujimoto, Masahiro, Kurihara, Toshiyuki, Hamaoka, Takafumi, Satoh-Asahara, Noriko, Sanada, Kiyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26700167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143858